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Francesco Molinari fittingly took the glory as Europe regained the Ryder Cup in dominant style, the Italian beating Phil Mickelson on the 16th to post the point needed to reach the magic tally of 14.5.Mickelson conceded the hole after firing his tee shot into the water with Molinari on the green to leave the Italian as the first European to win all five matches in a week having not won any of his previous six. Europe were effectively already assured of victory when he teed off as the Italian, Henrik Stenson and Sergio Garcia were all dormie and guaranteed at least half a point from their games with Europe at that stage needing one. They had started the day 10-6 up, needing to secure four and a half of the 12 points available to win back the trophy and extend their stranglehold on home soil that dates back to 1993.